BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two Venezuelan activists living in Colombia’s capital for the past year were wounded by gunshots in an apparently targeted attack, Colombian authorities said Monday.

Colombian police said in a statement that just past noon, Yendri Omar Velásquez Rodríguez and Luis Alejandro Peche Arteaga exited a building on Bogota’s north side and were shot by two unidentified people.

Both men were reported to be in stable condition at a hospital, police said.

Colombia’s ombudsman’s office condemned the attack on the two activists and called on the Attorney General’s office to do a thorough investigation.

Velásquez Rodríguez and Peche Arteaga had left Venezuela last year alleging political persecution. Colombian police said they were not aware of threats against them in Colombi

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